Camisard

American  

[kam-uh-zahrd, kam-uh-zahrd, ka-mee-zar] / ˈkæm əˌzɑrd, ˌkæm əˈzɑrd, ka miˈzar /

noun

1. any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.

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Etymology

Origin of Camisard

1695–1705; < French, equivalent to camis- (< Provençal camisa shirt; see chemise) + -ard -ard

Example Sentences

He could not rejoin the Camisard camp nor enter the villages of the Cevennes, and he was ashamed to approach Villars, lest he should be charged with deceiving him.

From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel

"How?" said the old man, "thus, in this figure? thus ill? in this dress? you look though as like a Camisard, as if you were one of them."

From The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. by Tieck, Ludwig

At the head of the Camisard army was a young peasant, Jean Cavalier, who by his energetic and skilful conduct of the campaign astonished the world.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

Catinat, the Camisard general of horse, was the bearer of Cavalier's letter, and he rode on to Alais to deliver it, arrayed in magnificent costume.

From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel

The first districts in which they were appointed to work were those of Mende, Alais, Viviers, Uzes, Nismes, and Montpellier, in Languedoc—districts which, fifteen years before, had been the scenes of the Camisard war.

From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel